Two frustrating scenarios as a matter of fact.  Now -- these both are  things 
we all KNOW the answers to, but I was wondering if anyone had any erudite  
and professional literature one could send to the primary health care  
provider....
 
Case 1:  Baby -- about a year old -- would rather nurse than eat solid  
foods.  Eats some, but not a lot.  PHCP says mom is to stop  breastfeeding so child 
will eat solids.  ARGGGHHHHHH.  We all know the  correct responses to that, 
why that is a DUMB idea, etc etc.  Anyone have  any literature to back us up?
 
Case 2:  (and literally thousands of cases like it):  Baby  doesn't *need* to 
nurse after (pick a time:  10 pounds, 3 months, 4 months  -- whatever.  "Bad 
habit.  Will always want to eat at night...."   Answer is to let baby cry it 
out at bedtime, middle of the night, naptime.   Again, need specific 
professional (not parenting) literature to say that might  be a bad idea.
 
Poor mom who called me today was hit with both of these at the same  time.  
While she is on the phone, she is telling me about her baby who is  upstairs, 
and has now been crying for 35 minutes because she is doing what the  baby's 
doc told her to do.....
 
Essentially doc has told her to stop breastfeeding so the baby will eat  
solid foods, and let her cry it out whenever the mom puts her down for a nap,  
bedtime, or middle of the night needs.
 
These are the calls that make me wonder why on earth I'm not a clerk at  
Borders.
 
 Jan
_Lactation Education  Consultants_ 
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)  




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